LeRoy E.Minnie of Pricedale;died Friday Feb.11;1983;at 11:02 a.m.in Brownsville General Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was 69. Mr.Minnie was born Aug.18;1913;in Pricedale;a son of the late George and Matilda Phares Minnie. He was a retired coal miner. Mr.Minnie was a U.S.Army veteran of World War II and was a member of the Pleasant Green AME Church;Pricedale. He is survived by one brother;Robert Minnie;of Pricedale;one sister;Sylvia Minnie;of Pricedale;and one niece;Ann Minnie;of New York City;N.Y.Friends will be received in the Pleasant Green AME Church;Pricedale;after 4 p.m.Sunday and until 2 p.m.Monday when services will be held in the church;with the Rev.Bertha Sydnor;pastor;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Howard W.McCrory Funeral Home;Fayette City;is in charge of arrangements.

Dorothy V.Martin of Apt.310;Belle Vernon Apartments;Belle Vernon;died Tuesday;Feb.8;1983;at 11:26 a.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital. She was 76. Mrs.Martin was born March 13;1906;in Rostraver Twp.;a daughter of the late Edward and Grace Haggerty Abbey. She was a member of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon and its Ladies Class. Mrs.Martin was also a member of the Degree of Honor and the Belle Vernon Golden Agers. She had been a resident of the Belle Vernon area most of her life. In addition to her parents Mrs.Martin was preceded in death by a son;Harry Eugene;1926;and a sister;phyllis Warner;1982. Survivors include her husband;Harry H.(Bud) Martin;one son;John Edmund Martin of Belle Vernon;one daughter;Mrs.David (Grace) Trembach of Belle Vernon;two sisters;Bertha Resch of Leetsdale and Clara Forsberg of Monessen;four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad ave.;Belle Vernon;on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Thursday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.where services will be held on Friday;Feb.11;at 11 a.m.with the Rev.Lowell Adams;pastor of the First Christian Church of Belle Vernon;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;will be in charge of arrangements.

Maria Cardamone Mazzei of Belle Vernon R.D.1;Rostraver Twp.;died Wednesday;Dec.8;1982;at 10:53 a.m.at the home of her son;Dominic Mazzei;with whome she made her home. Mrs.Mazzei was 93.
She was born Jan. 12;1889;
In Italy; a daughter of the late
Pietro and Philomena Morrelli
Cardamone.
In addition to her parents
Mrs. Mazzei was preceded in
death by her husband; Angelo
Mazzei Sr.; March of 1952; a
daughter; Josephine
Marasco; Jan. 25. 1981; one
sister; Rachel Manfredi;
three grandchildren; Basil
Marasco; Carol Urbanic and
Anthony Mazzei; and two
great-grandchildren; Phyllis
Barger and Mark Joseph
Sanino.
Mrs. Mazzei came to the
United States as a young
bride in August of 1907. She was a longtime resident of North Belle Vernon;where she and her husband raised their family. The Mazzeis moved to their country home in Rostraver Twp.in 1944. A member of St.Sebastian R.C.Church;Belle Vernon;Mrs.Mazzei’s main hobby was knitting. She had completed more than a dozen full size afghans during the past few years. Previously she had also spent time in her outdoor gardens as well as canning and baking. Mrs.Mazzei is survived by five sons;Pete L.of Belle Vernon R.D.1;Angelo of Belle Vernon;Dominic of Belle Vernon R.D.1;John of Chadds Ford;Pa.;and Frank W.of Belle Vernon R.D.1;four daughters;Mrs.Sue Touche and Mrs.Theresa Sanino;both of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Paul (Catherine) Doenges of McKeesport and Mrs.Frank (Anita) Sefchok of Belle Vernon;30 grandchildren;46 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;Thursday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Prayer service will be held Saturday;Dec.11;at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home;followed by Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Roman Catholic Church;Belle Vernon. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Belle Vernon Knights of Columbus 3026 will conduct a service on Thursday at 8 p.m.in the funeral home. Parish Rosary will be recited in the funeral home on Friday at 8 p.m. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Philomena Marasco of 20 Sampson St.;Belle Vernon;died Thursday;Nov.11;1982;at 3:50 p.m.in the Mon Valley Hospital.  She was 93.  Mrs.Marasco was born Oct.20;1889 in Cosenza;Italy;a daughter of the late John and Rosa Paluso Rouggieri.  A member of St.Sebastian Church;she had been a resident of Belle Vernon since 1912.  In addition to her parents;she was preceded in death by her husband;Frank Marasco on June 14;1960;and a daughter;Rose Checchi on Dec.10;1963.  Survivors include two sons;D.Chester Marasco of Belle Vernon and John Marasco at home;five daughters;Mrs.Joseph (Mary) Spina of Belle Vernon;Mrs.Bruno (Margaret) Duronio of Monessen;Mrs.Theresa Menzel of Uniontown;Mrs.Harry (Pepper) Jarouse of Belle Vernon R.D.and Gilda Marasco at home;three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.  Friends will be received in the Shelby D.Ferguson Funeral Home;700 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Saturday from 7 to 9 p.m.and Sunday from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.  A Prayer service will be held on Monday;Nov.15;at 9:30 a.m.in the funeral home followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m.in St.Sebastian Church.  Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery.  Shelby D.Ferguson;funeral director;is in charge of arrangements.

Fred M.Matthews of 223 Dull St.;Belle Vernon (Fairhope);died Friday;Oct.8;1982;at 8:55 a.m.in Mon Valley Hospital. He was 82. Mr.Matthews was born Sept.13;1900;in Cecil;a son of the late Victor and Marie Vandecassi Matthews. A resident of the Belle Vernon area for the past 36 years;Mr.Matthews was Catholic by faith. He retired in 1962 as a roller at the blooming mill of the Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation’s Monessen Plant. Mr.Matthews was a member of the Charleroi Homing Pigeon Club. Survivors include his widow;Eva Ruby Matthews;three sons;Fred H.of Martinsburg;W.Va.;Robert F.of Belle Vernon and Bernard P.of Monroeville;two daughters;Mrs.George (Claudia) Rossi of Long Branch and Mrs.Gerald (Donna) Jodon of Monongahela;one brother;Victor Matthews;13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Friends will be received in the Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home;626 Broad Ave.;Belle Vernon;on Saturday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.;where services will be held on Sunday;Oct.10;at 1 p.m.with Allen Hamer;a member of Marion Presbyterian Church in Fairhope;officiating. Burial will be in Belle Vernon Cemetery. The Leonard J.Parzynski Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.